Greece is currently the world's 12th largest producer of lignite - known as brown coal - mining 36 million tons annually, according to U.S.
LAST WEEK, the collapse of a coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, trapping at least 15 workers who were still missing until Wednesday
President Donald Trump spent much of his campaign promising to bring back coal, an industry that he said then-President Barack Obama had demoralized with too many regulations. So in July when Trump declared at a rally that he had created 45,000 coal jobs since the start of his presidency, many coal
The reclamation and sustainable management of mine-affected areas is, therefore, an essential part of mine area development. The Olidih watershed of Jharia coalfield region in the Jharkhand state of India is affected by abandoned opencast mines. The present study aims to analyze the effect of mines on
While Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (HKG:1171) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good
Authorities have warned that a "mega-fire" currently burning at Gospers Mountain, NSW, Australia could reach a nearby coal mine and destroy
These economic influences, along with growing awareness of the environmental costs of burning coal, have made mining coal in Spain
Mitsubishi Corporation is selling its interest in two Australian thermal coal mines for A$750 million ($539 million) to its joint venture partners
"That coal mine made your lungs dirty, didn't it?'" Kelly recalled Caden asking. "Yeah it did. ... And I can't breathe and I have to have my
Sonars used by a National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team failed to detect 13 'rat hole' coal miners, who remains trapped in a 70-feet
Adani Group has cancelled a A$2bn contract with a mining services company for work on its proposed Carmichael coal mine in Australia due to its failure to raise funds for the controversial project. The cancellation of the contract with Downer, an Australian company, on Monday is the latest challenge to hit
On one side, tribal supporters of the power plant and the vast open-pit coal mine that feeds it spent most of the last year fighting furiously to stave off the closure. They hired a top investment banking firm to search for new owners and lobbied in Washington - where coal's self-proclaimed No. 1 fan occupies
Queensland Energy Resources Council chief Ian Macfarlane argues for better recognition for Queensland mining sector. Photo: Glenn Hunt. Coal price estimates in the Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review project the coal royalties to Queensland Treasury dropping back to $2.43 billion in 2018-19 with
Griffin Coal employees and their families express their fears at a recent community meeting over the pay cuts. Griffin Coal has refused to accept a Fair Work Commission recommendation that could have ended a nearly two-year long industrial dispute. Fair Work Commission Deputy President Geoffrey Bull
The Ruhr region, Germany's old coal heartland in the state of North-Rhine Westfalia, has many more pits that needed a new life once coal mining reached its end in the area. The Ruhr region is only a geographical designation, not an administrative unit, and it is made up of 53 towns, some smaller, some
In Britain, the use of coal in electricity generation has declined sharply since the introduction of a carbon tax in 2013, although the country remains a center of coal-mining expertise. Many in the mining industry see no contradiction. They say coal remains the best option in some countries and it would be
There are currently more than 40 coal mines approved to operate in NSW. Seventeen mines are in the intensively disturbed area of the Hunter
A coal and gas blast that occurred at a mine in southwest China's Guizhou Province has claimed the lives of at least 14 miners and left another
KOLKATA (miningweekly.com) - India's Coal Ministry has slashed is mining plan preparation and approval process as part of series of
Lawsuit Launched Over Illegal Air Pollution at Colorado Coal Mine